ksmbd: Fix refcount leak when invalid session is found on session lookup
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: Fix refcount leak when invalid session is found on session lookup When a session is found but its state is not SMB2_SESSION_VALID, It indicates that no valid session was found, but it is missing to decrement the reference count acquired by the session lookup, which results in a reference count leak. This patch fixes the issue by explicitly calling ksmbd_user_session_put to release the reference to the session.
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11fe566b442e3bc2774191740fd377739a87a1c0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fb87b28cafae71e9c8248432cc3a6a1fd759efc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e54fb2a4772545701766cba08aab20de5eace8cd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02e06785e85b4bd86ef3d23b7c8d87acc76773d5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8cabcb4dd3dc85dd83a37d26efcc59a66a4074d7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cafb57f7bdd57abba87725eb4e82bbdca4959644
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